Cold Harbor

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Name: Cold Harbor


Authors: Brent Nelson and Brady Johnston


Date(s) Fought: June 1,1864



Location: Hanover county, Virginia



Outcome: 1,705 passed and 2,406 went missing



Union Army Size:108,000



Union Army Commander(s):

Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
Major General George Meade



Confederate Army Size:62,000



Confederate Army Commander(s):

General Robert E. Lee



Union Casualties:13,000



Confederate Casualties:2,500



Important Facts:

One of Americans bloodiest most lopsided battles.

Final battle of Union Lt. General Ulysses S Grant durig the american civil war.

Was final victory won by Lee's forces.




Overall significance:

The battle amounted to an increase in anti-war sentiment in Northern states.

Grant stopped Lee from getting to Petersburg first by his attack on Cold Harbor.

There was alot of deaths in this war.

REFERENCES:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-cold-harbor.htm

http://www.nps.gov/archive/rich/ri_cold.htm

http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/va/va062.html